This novel, Rogers’ debut, may not strictly be a romance, but it will strongly appeal to readers of the genre. And for all their attraction to each other, Grace might be carrying too much unresolved pain and confusion to make their marriage work out. But now that she’s started pushing back against the rigid confines of her life, feelings kept tightly locked away are beginning to appear.

Frustrated by the bias she’s encountering in her job search, she moves out East to take a break from her perfect plans and get to know Yuki and see if their marriage is worth keeping. Before long, she does the second impulsive thing of her life. Grace and her friends want to learn more about her new wife, Yuki Yamamoto, and Grace gets to know her through her late-night radio show out of Brooklyn and old-fashioned phone calls. The shock comes the next morning, when, gripped by her hangover, she realizes she got married the night before, and the woman she married is already on her way back to New York City. in astronomy, has done everything right-that is to say, she’s done everything according to her father’s plan, and “a Porter always does their best.” As a Black woman in a predominantly White field, she’s had to, so when her friends take her to Las Vegas to celebrate, it’s not a shock that she abandons her lifetime of discipline for just one night of fun. What happens in Vegas follows two women home.

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers